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No it isn't this county is leaning more and more right every year ffs.
I agree with Chris that these people should never see the light of day again. But I disagree with the death penalty for a few reasons:
1. Plenty of cases of miscarriage of justice have happened
2. I wouldn't want or trust our government to have the power to murder citizens
3. It's more expensive to kill someone than to keep them locked up their whole life
4. Isn't being killed the easy way out? Rather that than be locked in a tiny cell for 70 years.
ian brady as been wanting to die for years, he went on hunger strike and was force fed ffs..
the prisons are full to bursting as it is now, the penal system is very much like the nhs is now, it is on its knees and needs totally reforming .
the death penalty argument will rear its head once again no doubt , but i believe many people in this country would support it for certain crimes especially premeditated murder.
Watch the film The Life of David Gail, it's a really good argument against miscarriages of justice relating to the death penalty.
I'd rather premeditated murders carried on rotting in prison than execute 1 innocent person.
The justice system isn't infallible, just look at the Ched Evans case.
ian brady is not innocent or sutcliffe and many others that are locked away , we are talking about irrefutable doubt that they commited those crimes and were convicted for them, these are the ones we are talking about facing.the death penalty
if they is reasonable doubt then fair enough
But plenty of people have been locked away for years as it was thought to be beyond reasonable doubt and then released after wasting 10 years of their lives. How much worse would that be if they'd been killed?
Is something only beyond reasonable doubt if someone pleads guilty?
I feel you're avoiding the important questions people are asking you Chris.
What about The Birmingham 6 would you have put them to death?
i have obviously opened a can of worms up here and do not want to go on posting all day :
i have basically explained that i would be in favour of the death penalty been reintroduced, for convicted and PROVEN killers that are currently residing in hm prisons across the country and i feel that many millions in this country feel exactly the same way
Last edited by chris; 08-03-17 at 15:03.
The Birmingham 6 spent over 20 years in prison as convicted murderers, would you have executed them too?
1. Someone who is intent on premeditated murder isn't put off by either, it's proven that the death penalty is no more of a deterrant than life in prison.
2. Capital punishment costs the tax payers a lot more than life in prison
3. The extra cost is ignoring all the extra appeals that happen during an execution and the fact no one will ever plead guilty again
So there's those 2 reasons dealt with
Secondly you're ignoring the fact that people have spent 10 or 20 years + in prison for murdering people only to be found not guilty, what's the time frame on executing these people?
Are you happy to give the government and a jury of your peers the power to sentence you to death?